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An encyclopedia of the violin, 1925
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1the hairs would not fail to rest against the stick itself; that is to say, it would be impossible to use the bow.
3The work having thus far been carried out as described, it is now necessary to make the screw which fixes the nut on the stick, and at the same time causes it to move.
5In order to do so, begin by filing a piece of steel round, until it has the dimension which will allow it to occupy the hole which has been drilled into the end of the stick. It is necessary that this piece enter the hole without difficulty, and it should be gauged with whichever one of the turning-plate gauges is best adapted to the purpose, until it has assumed the form shown in Figure 9, Plate 38.
7A piece of brass is then taken and flattened at one end in such wise that after having been given the form shown in Figure 10, Plate 39, it is able to enter the mortise at the lower end of the bow stick without overmuch difficulty. In the middle of the brass a hole is drilled, and taking the gauge which corresponds to that used for the hole of the turning plate which made the guide screw of the piece of steel which was mentioned above, the brass is gauged and set in the hand vise. As is well-known, in order to gauge a guide screw it is necessary to grease either the turning plate or the gauge itself with a drop of oil.
9After the vise has been carefully gauged, it also becomes necessary to gauge the end of the piece of brass which is to enter the nut. A hole must be bored in the nut so that the guide screw may enter with a little effort, though not so much as to split the nut. The brass is then fixed in this last part, causing it to slide forward and back through the action of its screw, in such a way that the hole of the screw is exactly opposite the line which is formed by the hole drilled in the stick, and the steel guide screw when entering will make the nut rest on the bow, without any shifting.
11The piece with screw which is set square upon the posterior part of the button is the next to be placed.
13We might remark here that the bow maker, like the violin maker, needs a turning lathe in order to make this button; and he also is obliged to call on the goldsmith for the band at the heel end of the nut, and the two ferrules which ornament the two extremities of the button.
15It is true that the violin builder and bow maker can provide himself with a lathe and the necessary goldsmith tools in order to make the button and the ornamental ferrules; yet it is beyond question that it would be a pity to spend so much money for things which in themselves amount to so little that they are hardly worth mentioning.
17The button is made in the following manner. The turner is given the two ferrules which the goldsmith has made according to instructions, and he is requested to make the button somewhat larger in diameter than the thickness of the end of the stick. The turner mounts these two ferrules on the
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